Thread regarding IBM layoffs

I will say communications of what is going are absolutely terrible. But at same time a half assed effort is being made. It’s odd. I don’t think they have it figured out themselves which is very alarming and concerning. But yes my impression is transparency is nonexistent and they are fumbling through it all now.

bueller? bueller? bueller?

@hg no need to apologize. My C'mon man was for the other poster who seemed to want to give you some guffaw.

@gp and @h0 Yes, sorry. I am OP. I was rushing while posting. I meant 6/26. My mistake. Sorry for the confusion.

@d9 Yes I am still hoping to hear genuine answers to my questions from people in Albany.

@gp typo; C'mon man.

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OP is clairvoyant. They speak about a meeting that won't take place for another month - 7/26. (Someone had to point this out...)

@dw :

I never thought abuse of H1 was that rampant - Not only take away the jobs of US citizens but also shut down the voice that we would have raised. This is part of a bigger plot to gradually eliminate senior level folks who could have asked some tough questions, by PIPing them out, and bring in junior level guys who would be forever grateful to IBM for they could find someone in this tough market to offer employment.

Should someone contact DHS and invite ICE to Albany ?

Seems like an immigration style racket running there courtesy of Arvind Krispy-Kreme and his Pipmunks.

Bob says no need to worry. Nothing to see here.

@d9 What did you expect? The culture in Albany has become deeply conditioned and brainwashed or groomed. A huge portion of the workforce is on work visas, so very few are willing to speak out publicly or challenge leadership. When your immigration status depends on your employer, staying quiet often feels like the safest option. It modern day indentured servitude.

That’s why so many of the behaviors people complain about continue unchecked. Leadership knows there’s little risk of internal pushback because most people simply can’t afford to rock the boat. So it continues. They have eat sh-t, smile, thank the leadership and ask for more - or else! Same leaders with their same favorites pulling the same cr-p- wash, rinse, repeat.

Nobody is answering the question the op asked

I am re-posting a message, magically deleted few minutes ago:
IBM is the most mismanaged company in the last quarter century compared to
AMD, NVDIA, APPLE, MICROSOFT, .... . Even Intel ended up being in a better shape.
Compare these companies for the last 25 years.
The verdict is clear, IBM is mismanaged and run by a cabal of incompetents and thieves.

@cr I got that email and want to know where they get that number from

IBM is a textbook example of mismanaged company in the last quarter century. Go back, 25 years ago and look back at IBM, Apple, Microsoft, nvidia, amd and few others. Even intel is better managed.

@cr
And do they count the people who leave? The number is an accounting trick for sure

@OP :

When it comes to future, one thing is certain at IBM. If they don't need you, they have a special place called bench. You will then automatically be given a PIP as if this was your fault, and then expected to achieve impossible targets. You will get a system generated email that would say 73% of IBMers who were placed on a PIP successfully accomplished their PIP and continued to grow at IBM. You will hope that you are in the 73% bracket only to realize that this is a misleading number when your job terminates.

@aj sometimes it’s to just take the exit plan. When I was there I was so scared there wouldn’t be a layoff because I was so scared of going on a pip and wanted to be laid off rather than fired so I left

@aj SSDD (Same Sh-t Different Day)

I have been through 5 or 6 reorgs in the past 3 to 4 years. The same leaders shuffled around and reshuffled around. It is not a stable environment. I suspect more churn is the foreseeable future. At this point, the best move is to have an exit plan in your back pocket, buckle up, and just go for the ride as long as you can. There’s not much else we can do.